Lord Polonius: What do you read, my lord?


Hamlet: Words, words, words.


Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2



Saturday, February 20, 2010

Vermillion

vermillion: [ver-mil-yun] noun a vivid red to reddish-orange; a bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulfide.


Let the redwing streak a line of vermillion on the green wood lines.
----Carl Sandburg
River Roads

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